Fashion & Beauty

Pampering at home

You never need an excuse for a trip to a Spa, but if you can’t spare the time & money, or can’t tear yourself away from your little one(s), then why not create the perfect spa at home? Get together with a few mum friends and treat each other to some luxury treatments. It’s much easier to paint someone else’s nails, or apply a facemask than you think. And if you pool…
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Pregnancy & Birth

Old Wives Tales

From the conception of her baby to its birth, every pregnant woman is bombarded by a variety of old wives tales. There is a tale for every stage of pregnancy and it is impossible for pregnant women to escape the myriad pieces of advice and predictions relating to their unborn children. But are pregnant women being led up the garden path or do these tales actually have any scientific worth? To…
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Mumpreneur TipsMumpreneurs & Mums at work

The importance of Collaboration in our Business

So far this year has been about milestones. The start of 2013 was the start of our photography business’s 4th year of trading. April will be my 5th year of living back in the UK full-time after a life on the high seas working on cruise ships and in February my wife and I celebrated our 6th wedding anniversary. Actually I could continue, March is our 3rd year photographing 90% babies (and…
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Schooling

WITH 63% OF UK 11-14 YEAR OLDS UNABLE TO EVEN SPELL ‘ACHIEVEMENT’ HOW CAN WE EXPECT OUR NEXT GENERATION TO BE SUCCESSFUL?

The news of the UK’s slipping education standards is worrying: From not knowing who invaded England in 1066 to which century WW2 was in, these shocking statistics gathered over the last 12 months are a bit distressful. Despite exam results going up each year, new research by the teacher-set exam revision service, Education Quizzes, confirms our fears: young people are struggling to keep up…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

Mumpreneur's testimonial: From City Banker to Mumpreneur – Why I Took the Leap!

These days it can be tough for women who want to juggle a career with starting a family. One lady who understands this all too well is Salima Manji, who left a high flying career in investment banking to go it alone, starting up a business in singles supper clubs. In this article, Salima talks about the decisions she faced when it came to starting a family and how it lead to a completely different…
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Fashion & Beauty

Beautifully simple skincare

Friday 8th March 2013 was International Women’s Day so I took the opportunity to pack the kids off to the grandparents and attend the London Mums Magazine conference at City Hall. What an all-round lovely day. Firstly, and slightly scarily, I am a person in my own right again – no cherubs pulling at my legs! And as I introduce myself as the beauty blogger for the London Mums magazine I am…
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Parenting Skills

Bright but needs to concentrate

Have you ever wondered why some children can concentrate and finish their homework on time, while others need to be chased around the room? In the last ten to twelve years, neuro-scientists and psychologists have made advancements in this area of brain research and we now know that this inability to concentrate is called “Working Memory Deficit”. What is working memory? Working…
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Recipes

Recipe: Mini Carrot Cakes

Try this recipe for Mini Carrot Cakes. We absolutely loved making them and eating them. So easy to make with the kids. And husbands will love them too. Perfect for Mother’s Day baking and beyond! Serves: 14 Prep time: 15 minutes Cook time: 25 minutes Ingredients: 200 g self raising flour 1 tsp cinnamon 225 g grated carrots 200 ml oil (sunflower or groundnut oil) 100 g brown sugar 85 g…
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Fitness & Health

Coping with Cancer Stress - FREE support group

How do you deal with cancer? Paul’s Cancer Support Centre offers FREE support to people interested in learning relaxation and coping skills. It is a rare person who is not challenged by cancer and the experience affects people in many different ways. Paul’s Cancer Support Services, a registered charity based in Wandsworth, London, will be running a free online course “Coping with Cancer…
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Mumpreneurs & Mums at work

International Women’s Day conference 2013 – Speaker’s profile: Michael Shilling, Owner of Memory Gate Photography & social media guru

We look forward to Michael Shilling’s speech at our International Women’s Day conference 2013 on 8 March at City Hall supported by the Mayor of London. Here we present Michael Shilling’s full profile. In his presentation Harnessing Inbound marketing, Michael will introduce the concept of creating a social media and content marketing strategy for your business. During his talk…
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